Rotary display-shelving.



J. F. HINES. ROTARY DISPLAY SHBLVING.

. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 3, 1913. 1,101,849, Patented June 30,1914. I

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APPLIOATIDN FILED SEPT. 3, 1913.

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ROTARY DISPLAY SHELVING.

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Patented June 30, 1914.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

ROTARY DISPLAY-SHELVING.

Patented June 30, 1914.

Application filed September 3 1913'. Serial No. 787,850.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMEs F. HINES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grand River, in the county of Decatur and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Rotary Display-Shelving; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,- clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a system of display shelvings for stores and the like, whereby groceries, hardware, dry goods, racket natin'g the goods.

In practical fields the various details of upper end swiveled in a bearing of the ceiling, said tubular standard having a series of oppositely arranged slots, constituting means to receive bolts or hooks of brackets for holding the brackets in place, which in turn support the disk shelvings. It will be observed that these brackets owing to the provision of the plurality of slots, may be adjusted in different and easily detached.

Another feature of the invention is the fact that two of the lower shelves are propositions,

'vided with radial ribs to be engaged by the grooves of the bins, which are received between the lower shelves, and are adapted to contain different grades of coffee, tea and the like.

manner, mice, bugs, ants and the like, to a great extent are prevented from contam construction may necessitate alterations to which the patentee is entitled, provided the alterations fall within the scope of What 1s claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, as hereinafter By this system it will be. observed that all goods are kept from contact with the wall of the store, and in this" set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed. I

In the drawings :-Figure 1.is a vertical sectional view through a store room, show ing the usual show display window, and

. also illustrating the improved display sysl tem of shelving, embodying a plurality of rotary s indles or standards, having a plurality 0 adjustable shelvings'. Fig. 2 is a plan view partly in section of the structure shownin Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the rotary display apparatus. ig. 4c is a vertical sectional view through the apparatus shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a sectional -view on line'55 of Fig. 4:. Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail view showing the construction of one of the brackets, and how the same connects to the rotary standards. Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view on line 77 of Fig. 4. Fig. 8 is an enlarged detail view showing the detail construction of how the standard is detachably connected to the ceiling. Fig. 9 is a detail transverse sectional view on line 99 of Fig. 4. Fig. i 10 is a sectional detail view of the bearing for the lower end of the standard4.

Referringmore particularly to the drawings, 1 designates the usual construction of store room, having the usual show win- I dow 2.

On reference to Figs. 1 and 2 it will be' observed that this store room is equipped with the improved rotary display system of shelvings This system of shelvings embodies a pluralitybf rotary display apparatus. Each'a'pparatus comprises a tubular standard 4 constructed in two sections 5 and G threaded together as at 7. The section 6 telescopically receives a filling slug 8 into which a thumb bolt 9 is threaded, which first passes through a slot 10' of the section 6, whereby the filling slug 8 may be held in adjusted positions. In'other words as the construction of thestore settles, the filling slug 8 may be slightly lowered, or otherwise adjusted, so as to prevent bind mg of the standard when the same is rotated. By removing the thumb bo'ltfi and lowering the slug 8, the pintle 11 of the slug may be removed from the socket 12 of the plate, which is secured to the ceiling by means of the screws or bolts 14. The lower end of-the section 5 of the standard has anextension 15 threaded therein as at 16, This extension 15 is provided with a ranged in sets of thrust bearing 18 reduced portion 17 which has a thrustbearing 18 in the'base plate 19, which is secured to thc'fioor by the bolts This comprises a single ball, constructed from case-hardened steel. Through. various experiences a single casehardened steel ball of this character has been found more practical and desirable, and particularly more serviceable than a plurality of ball bearings, by reason of the fact that there is less frictional. surface. For instance, it will be observed that there is only one contact between the ball and the reduced portion 17, and only one contact between. the ball and the socket 21 of the base plate, whereas with a plurality of ball bearings, there is a plurality of frictional surfaces.

The section lof the standard is provided with a plurality of slots 22, arranged substantially the full length of the section 4, while 23 designates one form of bracket, whereas 24 denotes another form of bracket. These difierent forms of brackets alternate in arrangement, as will be observed. The brackets 23 are securedin lace by bolts 25, which extend through t e brackets and through the slots. These brackets are arfour, each bracket, in plan view extending radially from-the standard. Each bracket is substantially triangular in contour. Each set of brackets supports a disk shelf 26, which is provided with a central opening 27 which receives the standards. The brackets 24 are provided with hooks 28, which pass through the slots 22, and en age on the interior of the tubular stand ard, while the portion 29 of each bracket 24: bears against the tubular standard to prevent sagging of the bracket. It will be noted that the bolts 25 which secure the brackets 23 in lace intersect one another, as shown clearly in Figs. 4 and 5. The two lower annular or circular shelves are provided with radial ribs30, which engage the grooves 31 of the bins 32, which are adapted to contain various grades of codes, tea, or the like. These bins are sector-shaped in plan View, and Tthe t at brackets are arranged between the bins, is, between every other two bins.

The upper circular or annular shelf is provided "th a groove 35, to receive an an nular or circular rod 36, on which a curtain 37.- is' hirred. This curtain is removed, so

is therod, when the store isopen, for the p I menses purpose of selling the various goods therein, but when the store is closed, this curtain is suspended from the upper shelf over night,

in order to prevent dust from settling upon the goods. It will be observed that there are a number of the slots 22, as will be observed in Fig. 4, there being extra slots between the shelvings, and owing to this plurality of slots the shelves may be adjusted in diderent position.

From the foregoing it will be observed, there has been devised anexceedingly novel and eficient rotary display apparatus, and when there is a plurality of such apparatus embodied, a very desirable andpractical ro- 7o tary display system of shelvingsis attained, especially adapted for small stores and the like.

' The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and useful is 1. A display apparatus comprising a revoluble standard mounted in bearings of the floor and ceiling of a room, a plurality of circular shelves, through which the standard is centrally arranged, the shelves being adac justable and arranged at irregular intervals on the standard, drawers being received between two or more of said shelves, the adjustahility of said shelves enabling drawers of difi'erent heights to be received, and means of connection etween the shelves and the drawers to uide the drawers in place.

2. A disp ay apparatus comprising a revoluble standard mounted in bearings of the fioor'and he ceilin of a room, a plurality of circular shelves t rough which the standard is centrally arranged, the shelves being adjustable vertically and arranged at irregular intervals on the standards, said shelves being movable annularly independently of as the standard, drawers being received between two or more of said shelves, means of connection between the shelves and the drawers-to guide the drawers in place, and supporting brackets detachably connected to said standard for supporting said shelves and between which'the drawers are received.

In testimony whereof I .havesigned my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

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' Witnesses:

- W. B. Dar,

E. S. E. 

